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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/18.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/18.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220Go down to the potter&#8217s house, and there I will give you my message.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/18.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Go down to the potter’s shop, and I will speak to you there.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will give you My message.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will announce My words to you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Arise and go down to the potter&#8217s house, and there I will announce My words to you.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I shall announce My words to you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will make you hear My words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will make you hear My words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Go down at once to the potter’s house; there I will reveal my words to you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />&#8220Go down at once to the potter&#8217s house; there I will reveal My words to you.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />"Jeremiah, go to the pottery shop, and when you get there, I will tell you what to say to the people." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Go to the potter's house. There I will give you my message."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Go down to the potter's house, where I will give you my message." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I'll allow you to hear my words." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Go down at once to the potter?s house, and there I will give you My message.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Go down at once to the potter's house. I will speak to you further there."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear my words."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Rise, and you have gone down [to] the potter’s house, and there I cause you to hear My words”;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Rise, and thou hast gone down to the potter's house, and there I cause thee to hear My words;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my word.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there thou shalt hear my words. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“Rise up and descend into the house of the potter, and there you will hear my words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Arise and go down to the potter’s house; there you will hear my word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“Come, go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />“Arise! Go down to the house of the Potter, and there I shall make you hear my words”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear My words.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Jeremias, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there thou shalt hear my words.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/18-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=5326" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/18.htm">The Potter and the Clay</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: wə·yā·raḏ·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To come or go down, descend. ">“Go down</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: qūm (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">at once</a> <a href="/hebrew/3335.htm" title="3335: hay·yō·w·ṣêr (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- Probably identical with yatsar;); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. Form a resolution).">to the potter’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">house,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: wə·šām·māh (Conj-w:: Adv:: 3fs) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">and there</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: ’aš·mî·‘ă·ḵā (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">I will reveal</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: də·ḇā·rāy (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">My message to you.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm">Isaiah 64:8</a></span><br />But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-20.htm">Romans 9:20-21</a></span><br />But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?” / Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-16.htm">Isaiah 29:16</a></span><br />You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-7.htm">2 Corinthians 4:7</a></span><br />Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/10-9.htm">Job 10:9</a></span><br />Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/2-7.htm">Genesis 2:7</a></span><br />Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-9.htm">Isaiah 45:9</a></span><br />Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-2.htm">Lamentations 4:2</a></span><br />How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/2-20.htm">2 Timothy 2:20-21</a></span><br />A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use. / So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/2-9.htm">Psalm 2:9</a></span><br />You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/16-9.htm">Proverbs 16:9</a></span><br />A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/9-15.htm">Acts 9:15</a></span><br />“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-9.htm">1 Corinthians 3:9</a></span><br />For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-10.htm">Ephesians 2:10</a></span><br />For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a></span><br />But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/13-1.htm">Jeremiah 13:1</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Jeremiah 19:1,2</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and <i>take</i> of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/20-2.htm">Isaiah 20:2</a></b></br> At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.</p><p class="hdg">cause.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/23-22.htm">Jeremiah 23:22</a></b></br> But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/9-6.htm">Acts 9:6</a></b></br> And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord <i>said</i> unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/5-20.htm">Announce</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-6.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-17.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-23.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-23.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-26.htm">House</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-2.htm">Message</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-14.htm">Potter's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-6.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-10.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Announce</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-21.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-15.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-3.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-19.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-3.htm">House</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-1.htm">Message</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-3.htm">Potter's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-27.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-18.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/18-1.htm">Under the type of a potter is shown God's absolute power in disposing of nations.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/18-11.htm">Judgments threatened to Judah for her strange revolt.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/18-18.htm">Jeremiah prays against his conspirators.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/18.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/18.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Go down at once to the potter’s house</b><br>This command from God to Jeremiah emphasizes immediacy and obedience. The potter's house is a literal place where pottery is made, symbolizing God's sovereignty and creative power. In ancient Israel, pottery was a common craft, and the potter's house would have been a familiar setting. The imagery of the potter and clay is used throughout Scripture to illustrate God's authority over creation (<a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm">Isaiah 64:8</a>, <a href="/romans/9-21.htm">Romans 9:21</a>). The act of going down may also symbolize humility and submission to God's will.<p><b>and there I will give you My message</b><br>God promises to reveal His message to Jeremiah at the potter's house, indicating that divine revelation often comes through everyday experiences and settings. This underscores the importance of being attentive to God's voice in all circumstances. The message Jeremiah receives is a prophetic one, illustrating God's relationship with Israel and His ability to reshape nations as a potter reshapes clay. This concept is echoed in other prophetic books, such as Isaiah and Ezekiel, where God communicates His plans and judgments through vivid imagery and parables.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the people of Judah. Known for his perseverance and faithfulness amidst opposition.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_potter's_house.htm">The Potter's House</a></b><br>A physical location where a potter works with clay, symbolizing God's sovereign authority and creative power over His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_message.htm">God's Message</a></b><br>The divine revelation that God intends to communicate to Jeremiah, using the potter's work as a metaphor for His relationship with Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Just as the potter has control over the clay, God has authority over our lives. We must trust His plan and submit to His shaping.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_revelation.htm">Divine Revelation</a></b><br>God often uses everyday situations and objects to communicate profound truths. We should be attentive to His voice in our daily lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/transformation_and_purpose.htm">Transformation and Purpose</a></b><br>Like clay in the potter's hands, we are being molded for a specific purpose. Embrace the process of transformation, even when it is uncomfortable.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_action.htm">Obedience and Action</a></b><br>Jeremiah's immediate response to God's command to go to the potter's house is a model of obedience. We should be ready to act when God speaks.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_renewal.htm">Repentance and Renewal</a></b><br>The potter's ability to reshape the clay signifies God's willingness to renew and restore us when we repent and turn back to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 18</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_blame_all_for_some's_guilt_in_jeremiah_18.htm">Why would a just God hold the entire “clay” (nation) responsible when individuals have varying degrees of guilt, per Jeremiah 18?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_attribute_zechariah's_prophecy_to_jeremiah.htm">Why does Matthew attribute a prophecy about thirty pieces of silver to Jeremiah when it actually comes from Zechariah?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jer._18_fit_with_god's_omniscience.htm">Jeremiah 18 portrays God as learning from people's actions; how does that reconcile with the belief in His omniscience?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_potter's_house_church.htm">What is Potter's House Christian Fellowship Church?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">The potter's house.</span>--The place was probably identical with the "potter's field" of <a href="/zechariah/11-13.htm" title="And the LORD said to me, Cast it to the potter: a goodly price that I was priced at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.">Zechariah 11:13</a>, the well-known spot where the workers in that art carried on their business. The traditional Aceldama, the "potter's field" of <a href="/matthew/27-7.htm" title="And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.">Matthew 27:7</a>, is on the southern face of the valley of Hinnom, south of Jerusalem. The soil is still a kind of clay suitable and employed for the same purpose (Ritter, <span class= "ital">Palestine, </span>iv. 165, Eng. Trans.). The purchase of the field to "bury strangers in" (<a href="/matthew/27-7.htm" title="And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.">Matthew 27:7</a>) implies, however, that it was looked upon as a piece of waste ground, and that its use had been exhausted.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/18-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“Go down</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיָרַדְתָּ֖</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·raḏ·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come or go down, descend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at once</span><br /><span class="heb">ק֥וּם</span> <span class="translit">(qūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the potter’s</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yō·w·ṣêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3335.htm">Strong's 3335: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">house,</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֣ית</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and there</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׁ֖מָּה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šām·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will reveal</span><br /><span class="heb">אַשְׁמִֽיעֲךָ֥</span> <span class="translit">(’aš·mî·‘ă·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My message to you.”</span><br /><span class="heb">דְּבָרָֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(də·ḇā·rāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/18-2.htm">Jeremiah 18:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/18-2.htm">Jeremiah 18:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/18-2.htm">Jeremiah 18:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/18-2.htm">Jeremiah 18:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/18-2.htm">Jeremiah 18:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/18-2.htm">Jeremiah 18:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/18-2.htm">Jeremiah 18:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/18-2.htm">Jeremiah 18:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/18-2.htm">Jeremiah 18:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/18-2.htm">Jeremiah 18:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/18-2.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 18:2 Arise and go down to the potter's (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/18-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 18:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 18:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/18-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 18:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 18:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>